>It all started at last year’s ISDE. There were a couple of guys on 35-year-old Jawas who
attempted to ride the Six Days for the
host country of Slovakia. They didn’t
even finish, but it seeded a “what-if”
discussion. What if there was a class
for older bikes at the ISDE? What
if there were some classic riders
on classic bikes mixed in with
the young riders on new bikes?

How fast would they go? How far
would they get?

For me, the thought was more
than I could take. I rode the ISDE
in the ’80s, the ’90s and once in

2000, and would love to add one
more decade to the list. The concept
was barely out of the maybe stage
when I decided I should start quietly
preparing for it—just in case. So began
nine months of the Kawasaki KDX200
immersion.